Buddha 2018

[PanterHZ]

Funny how things have gone from: "IDE4Zorro sucks because it has a lot of issues, but salvation is here in the form of new Buddha cards", to: "The Buddha cards have issues as well"

Anyway, here are couple of things to have in mind:

1. For using CF cards with the Buddha, the driver probably has to be patched by using this: http://aminet.net/package/driver/media/IDEFix_patches
After this is done, it should then be flashed to the Buddha card.

2. If IDEfix is to be used with the IDE4Zorro board + CF card, it probably needs to be patched as well.

3. Before testing various harddisks on the Amiga, it might be a good idea to wipe the drive clean by using DiskPart (or something similar) first.

4. As the storage capacity of harddisks have increased over the years, so have the power requirements. Is the PSU of the Amiga really able to power large harddisks? Maybe it can be a good idea to test them by using an external PSU first?


As for patching IDEfix or BuddhaIDE in a really easy way, there is the IDE-fix 97 AIO packs: http://rhz1.comlu.com/miscstuff/idefix97_aio.htm
Which can be downloaded from here: https://app.box.com/s/uuyi3kka5smiogq6vwsmn21folkxy983
Or here (ADF image): https://app.box.com/s/ny3is2k70oqdp8qo6phnkv6smz3p71kz

[PanterHZ]

Well, I went ahead and bought two of these adapters - we'll see. I'm more interested if they'll work with the IDE4Zorro card. I'll probably get the new Buddha depending on how all these troubles get worked out. I see that Acill also has tried many different drives & adapters to no avail. I've been looking at these adapters for a while though so, pulled the trigger.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/40pin-IDE-to-CF-Compact-Flash-Bracket-for-Commodore-Amiga-4000-A4000-Mac-PC/282845240303?hash=item41dae3dbef:g:qFEAAOSwnbZYDZc5

I will consider this type of adapter to be among the best ones out there, because unlike so many others, it actually does have proper Master/Slave functionality. Not like those who have extra solder pads for another CF slot on the back, where the system will see this as some kind of non-existing Slave being present.

I'm pretty sure that you can attach both of your adapters to the same cable if you like, and they will work in perfect harmony.

[PanterHZ]

Thanks for the vote of confidence! I was wondering... how come on some these adapters you see a jumper for 3.3vdc and 5vdc?

It could be the voltage rating or something.

I didn't think of that... good to know 'cause in the case of the IDE4Zorro you need to run IDEFix97 when using the secondary port - with both adapters on the same cable it would eliminate the need for that.

I got to thinking that these might work very well in an Intel DOS machine and even a Win98 (which hates USB!) machine where a removable media would come in very handy. I use my DOS machine as much as I do my Amigas. (Just got all the Tex Murphy adventures on CD!) :lol:

I have seen these adapters being used for DOS and early Windows machines on several YouTube videos.

What really sucked about Win98 was all those blue screens telling me how to turn off of my PC + the absolutely terrible USB support. That being said, I recently came across some old backup CDs that may contain my good old Win98 setup. It would be fun to see if I could manage to restore them to a emulated PC.